#AAAE33#AAAE33

#AAAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.141 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE33
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(62, 55%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 71%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 70.7%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.79, -16.53, 59.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.79, 61.44, 105.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0513 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.141 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.3122, 39.0580, 8.9682)
Luminance	0.3906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE33 #3733AE

analogous

#AE7533 #AAAE33 #6DAE33

triadic

#AAAE33 #33AAAE #AE33AA

tetradic

#AAAE33 #33AE75 #3733AE #AE336D

square

#AAAE33 #33AE75 #3733AE #AE336D

split-complementary

#AAAE33 #336DAE #7533AE

monochromatic

#4E4F17 #7C7F25 #AAAE33 #C8CC52 #D7DA81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#AAAE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE33

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE33	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA93C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6A396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.141 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c573',
    500: '#aaae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae33;
$custom-light: #c7c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.951,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7253,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE33

secondary

#7C79C3

accent

#4ADE4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE33

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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